Allentown Man Faces Obscenity Charges Police

July 12, 1986|The Morning Call

An Allentown man was arrested Thursday on obscenity charges involving two 13-year-old girls.

Joseph Francis Shunk, 61, of 2333 S. 9th St., was charged at Allentown police headquarters with two counts each of possessing obscene and other sexual material, indecent exposure and corruption of minors.

The arrest was the result of an investigation of the department's Child Sexual Abuse Team.

Detective Carol Bennis said Shunk allegedly purchased "sexual aids" for the girls, wrote obscene letters to them and showed them Penthouse magazines.

He was arraigned by District Justice Ralph Beck and released on $25,000 recognizance bail.